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The rumors have been strong about Apple's TV concept coming to market in the near future, but like usual, we have nothing from the company to confirm whether or not those plans are really in the making. According to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, Apple has indeed been contacting component suppliers, which has led Munster to believe that an Apple-branded TV set could land in 2012. In a letter [via Forbes] on January 31, Munster told… Read More

As far as online Americans are concerned, Facebook is king. That’s according to Nielsen’s latest Social Media Report, published by the market research firm on Monday. The report states that Americans spend more time on Facebook than on any other website. Social networks and blogs now account for almost 23 percent of the total time spent online – this is twice the amount of time spent playing games online (9.8 percent) – the number 2… Read More

A survey by UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has shown that Brits are so addicted to their smartphones that many can't even put it to one side when they go to take a tinkle. The survey, the results of which were published Wednesday, shows that 27 percent of British adults and 47 percent of teenagers now own a smartphone with 59 percent having acquired one in the last 12 months. Among adults, the iPhone was the smartphone of choice, while most… Read More

Near field communication technology, more commonly known as NFC, has been available in locations throughout the globe for years. But just recently has the NFC mobile payment system, which allows users to pay for goods or services using a signal from their cell phone instead of a credit card or cash, started to become more widely available here in the United States. And it looks like we're going to have to wait quite a while longer before… Read More

You might want to keep an eye on your grandma, because she may be better at World of Warcraft than you. The Electronic Software Association (ESA) has released a bunch of new statistics about who is playing games and which games they're playing, and it's quite striking how fast the industry is aging. Driven by kids and teens in the 80s and 90s, the industry still seems to be driven by the same group of gamers who have been riding the… Read More

A newly released study by the Federal Communications Commission shows that the plethora of online news outlets has led to a serious degradation of local news reporting, reports Cnet. While it's now easier than ever for citizens to learn about everything from what President Obama ate for lunch to public uprisings in the Middle East, information about local schools, courts, governments and events has become increasingly scarce, according… Read More

A report published on Wednesday by Pew Internet has confirmed the growing popularity of Twitter among the American population. The report showed that 13 percent of online adult Americans now use Twitter (up from 5 percent in November 2010), and that of those, half access the service using a phone. As for the gender split, slightly more males (14 percent) are using the micro-blogging service than females (11 percent). Looking at the ages of… Read More

With an estimated value of $153.3 billion, Apple has officially surpassed search giant Google to become the most valuable brand on Earth, reports Bloomberg, making the Cupertino, California-based company the world's new corporate king. Over the past year, Apple has grown a staggering 84 percent, according to the “Brand 7 Top 100 most valuable global brands” of 2011 report, published by advertising and marketing firm WPP.… Read More

Google's Android operating system leads the US smartphone market by a significant margin, according to a new study by comScore. Apple also saw a boost in customers, with the Verizon Wireless version of its iPhone 4 outselling all other smartphones in the month of February. Last November, handsets loaded with Android came in with the second largest share of the smartphone market, with 26 percent, according to comScore's count. That… Read More

Market research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) announced today a study which predicts significant increases in the smartphone market in 2011, and foresees Google's Android mobile operating system leading the smartphone pack through 2015. According to IDC's forecast, the number of smartphones used by consumers will balloon by 49.2 percent this year as mobile phone users ditch their “dumb” cell phones for more… Read More

Hide your blogs! There are more than 457 million people on the Internet as of the end of 2010, according to new figures released by the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC) and reported by Xinhua. That means 34 percent of Chinese citizens are now on the Net. China gained 73 million new users in the last year, or a 19 percent increase over 2009, when the country gained 86 million users, which was itself a 28 percent increase from… Read More

Yesterday saw the publication of the Digital Britain report, and one of its more interesting ideas was a way to finance an upgrade of the infrastructure to give everyone faster broadband – a tax. In this case it will be a small month levy – around 50p, or 75 cents – on everyone with a landline phone. Report author Lord Carter said: "It is a contribution which we are asking people to make – it's six… Read More

Considering that it’s barely 25 years since the first mobile phone call, the growth of the cellular phone has been spectacular. If they seem ubiquitous, it’s probably because they are, a fact dramatically highlighted by a new UN report from the International Telecommunications Union (ITU). The report reveals that 4.1 billion people around the world – half the global population – now have mobile phone subscriptions.… Read More

A new report from Unstrung's paid research service Unstrung Insider finds that smartphones need stronger malware protection as companies and consumers increasingly rely on the devices to manage their businesses and everyday lives. And the report expects mobile carriers will begin offering mobile malware protection services during the next year as a way to differentiate themselves from the competition. “Mobile malware security… Read More

A new quarterly report from the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) states that the number of websites infected with malicious code to steal passwords rose dramatically in June this year, hitting a record high of 9,529, around three times the number of the month before, and 47% greater than the previous record of 6,500 in March. Many of the attacks come from malicious code being utilized in SQL injection attacks, according to Websense… Read More